I just finished an 8 day tour across Washington and Seattle and had some interesting observations regarding clothes
- I brought three t-shirts. I only ever wore one on the bike (merino t-shirt, stayed dry while sweating). I'd often wear no shirt at all, which was the most comfortable option. Then I had a cotton t-shirt I wore while setting up camp and sleeping. Just nice to have a clean dry shirt to change into. The third never left my bag. I should have stuck with two. - I had two pairs of shorts - denim cutoffs (jorts!) and some looser synthetics. The denim shorts were fantastic till it rained for two days. The synthetics were great for drying out quickly. I could have stuck with the single pair of synthetics. Though my riding buddy wore denim cutoffs with no underwear for over a month of riding and loved every minute of it though. - Merino underwear. This is the MOST important thing I had! I wore the striped MUSA underwear for up to three days in a row, then would wash and change to my second pair. It's all I needed. I was dry, fresh, happy. I had a third pair of cheaper and much thinner merino. I tried pulling them off to change and they completely fell apart in my hands, hah! Pays to get quality I guess. - Socks - two pairs max needed. Merino wool to keep that foot stank out - Merino wool sweater for the cool and/or moist days. (Seeing a trend? Wool is the best!) - thin gloves and a rain shell. That's all I needed for clothes. It was enough to be clean, comfortable, and presentable if needed. Of course, your standards may be higher than mine. On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 2:59:05 PM UTC-5, John wrote: > > If you're a cold person, bring a down sweater. If you're warm person, or a > freshly landed meteorite as my wife calls me, down is overkill for the > coast, but windbreakers are a must. > > On synthetics vs down or wool, I only feel cozy with down or wool. > Synthetics keep me from being cold, but I never feel cozy warm. > > I know synthetic down substitutes say they keep you warm if they get wet, > but have you ever tried it in the wild? If getting wet is unavoidable, I > use fleece (or neoprene). Fleece you can shake out if drenched, but > synthetic downs not so much. And synthetic down substitutes have a short > life-span, never leave them in a stuff sack in a hot car or car trunk. It > doesn't take much heat to permanently flatten their loft. > > John > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
